Just
when we thought that the 50th anniversary of the JFK Assassination
would put an end to the public interest in the subject, along comes the September
2014 anniversary of the release of the Warren Commission Report, which will
surely drum up more media attention and revive the debates once again.

With the
apparent end to JFK Lancer November in Dallas [http://www.jfklancer.com/]
and annual COPA Dallas regional conferences [http://politicalassassination.com], but here we go again with two conferences on the
Warren Report – 50 years later. Only the location has changed from Dallas to
D.C. and rather than the assassination itself, the new focus will be on the
continuing cover-up, which should make things relevant today and not just stale history.

The two
conferences announced so far, and there may be more, were organized separately
by different people without apparent knowledge of each other – the JFK
Historical Group (JFKHG) and the Assassination Archives and Research Center
(AARC).

These
two conferences will be held at the same time in the same city a few miles
apart by different people, but are joined at the hip by the distinguished
Pittsburgh forensic examiner Dr. Cyril Wecht, who will serve as a keynote
speaker at the JFKHG conference and a primary speaker at the other.

JFK Historical Group Conference

The
first conference announced is being organized by the JFK Historical Group, led by David Denton and Ed Tatro and called:
“The Warren Report 50 Years Later: A Critical Examination - What we know now,
that we didn’t know then,” and will be held at the Crowne Plaza East Hotel,
Alexandria, VA. Their web site is at: http://changehistjfk.blogspot.com/.

David
Denton is an Olney, Illinois history teacher who gave a 2013 JFK LANCER
conference presentation [http://changehistjfk.blogspot.com] on the topic of the
significance of the 50th Anniversary of the assassination, and he organized
an academic conference on the assassination at Olney Central (Illinois) College
last fall.

Denton
works closely with Ed F. Tatro, a long time Boston high school teacher and
respected JFK researcher who testified before the ARRB [ARRB Testimony of Edgar Tatro: http://jfkassassination.net/arrb/index9.htm] and served as a consultant
to Nigel Turner’s TV documentaries “The Truth Shall Set You Free” and “The Men
Who Killed Kennedy.”

Other
than Dr. Wecht [http://www.cyrilwecht.com/about.php],
there seems to be only a few overlapping speakers - Russ Baker and Bill Simpich, so each conference should be
pretty unique and appeal to a different audience, and if presentations at both
conferences are properly streamed live over the internet, recorded and archived
on line, as they should be, people can pick and chose which conference to
attend and catch the online taped video of anything they missed.

Phil
Nelson, author of “LBJ – Mastermind of JFK’s Assassination” [http://www.lbjmastermind.com/]
is part of the continuing drumbeat of conspiracy theorists biased enough to
believe LBJ was capable of “masterminding” the Dealey Plaza operation (See: Joe
Green’s review at www.CTKA.com ). They nonetheless have a place at the JFKHG conference
and I’m sure there will be others along shortly.

The JFKHG conference will also include Brian Edwards, who will talk about the 26 Volumes of Warren Commission Testimony and Exhibits that were published with the report, Russ Baker, who will talk about evidence of cover-up, Richard Bartholomew on the conflicts in the official accounts, Patrick Nelson, who will give his presentation on James Jesus Angleton, David Scheim on the Mob connections, and I am particularly looking forward to Casey Quinlan's talk on the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time of the assassination.

Although
confirmed to give a presentation, it’s sad to learn that former FBI agent Don
Adams recently passed away, so he definitely won’t be there, but we should pay
renewed attention to his book “From An Office Building With A High-Powered
Rife” – A Report to the Public from an FBI Agent Involved in the Official JFK
Assassination Investigation.” (Trinday 2013 http://www.amazon.com/From-Office-Building-High-Powered-Rifle/dp/1936296861).

Professor
Gerald McKnight, who helped save Harold Weisberg’s papers and wrote one of the
best retrospective books on the Warren Commission “Breach of Trust: How the Warren Commission
Failed the Nation and Why” [http://www.amazon.com/Breach-Trust-Warren-Commission-Failed/dp/0700613900],
is temporarily tentative, and we hope he can make both conferences, as any
symposium on the Warren Report would be remiss without him.

Assassination Archives and Research Center Conference

While
the JFKHG conference is underway at the Crown Plaza in Alexandra, Virginia, the
AARC conference will be getting underway on the other side of the river at the Bethesda
Hyatt Hotel in Northwest Washington, not far from the Bethesda Naval Hospital
where President Kennedy’s controversial autopsy was conducted.

THE
WARREN REPORT 50 YEARS LATER is a major conference being organized by Jerry
Policoff, the Executive Director of the Assassination Archives and Research
Center – AARC [www.aarclibrary.org 962 Wayne Ave. Suite 910 Silver
Spring, Md. 20910 (717) 295-0237 jpolicoff@comcast.net].

Among
those confirmed for AARC Conference are the lead FOIA attorney on the JFK case
- AARC Director Jim Lesar, Mary Ferrell Archivist Rex Bradford

Highly
anticipated are updates on the continuing work of DC journalist Jefferson Morley
[“Our Man in Mexico” / http://jfkfacts.org/] and former Army intelligence analyst John Newman,
author of “Oswald and the CIA” and “JFK and Vietnam” [http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKnewmanJ.htm], who has been working diligently
on some more extremely reveling details of intelligence related aspects of the
assassination that will knock our collective socks off.

South
Carolina teacher Mel Hyman may give a talk on the media and the assassination, which is also a favorite topic of conference organizer Jerry Policoff.

Also confirmed is David
Wrone, professor of history and author of “The FOIA and Political Assassinations – Legal Proceedings of Harold
Weisberg v. General Services Administration" (1978) and “The Assassination of
President John F. Kennedy – A Comprehensive Historical and Legal Bibliography," 1963-1979 (1980); “The HSCA, The Zapruder Film, and the Single-Bullet Theory”
(1993) and “The Zapruder Film: Reframing the JFK Assassination" (U. Kansas, 2003).

Author of
“Oswald: Russian Episode” Titovets had
trouble getting a visa to make a presentation at the last Dallas COPA, was
probably Oswald’s oldest and closest friends behind the Iron Curtain, portrays Oswald as a
human, rather than demonizing him as others try to.

One
highlight of the AARC conference should be the message of Nancy Soderberg the
chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) who recently spoke
out on the release of the still secret CIA assassination records. [Public
Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) [http://www.archives.gov/declassification/pidb/members.html]

John
Newman has a lot of new information on Oswald and the CIA, Joan Mellen will
talk about her recent research and trilogy of books and Dan Hardway will discuss
his HSCA work, which received a lot of attention at the Wecht Conference in
Pittsburgh last October.

My
presentation will be an update on the latest developments in the on-going forensic
analysis of the Air Force One tapes, and the release to the public a new
high-fidelity FM broadcast quality recording in which dead air was removed so
that the entire tape contains useful information and is edited down to just
under 2 hours and sectioned into fifteen minute parts for broadcast purposes.

Jerry
Policoff, who has monitored the media’s reporting on the assassination, is the
primary point man in the coordination of the AARC conference and he promises to
keep the presentations at a high level and provide some newsworthy revelations.
His specialty is the mainstream media coverage of the assassination and will
make a presentation on that subject, which is not history but ongoing today.

Longtime
assassination researcher and photo specialist Robert Groden, as well as Robert
Kennedy, Jr., son of the Senator slain in 1968, wowed the world when he
announced on a TV special that his father believed the President was slain by
more than one gunman and the mob and CIA were somehow involved. [http://jfkfacts.org/assassination/rfk-jr-on-his-uncles-legacy/]

Former
HSCA Chief Counsel Richard Sprague was also invited to the Wecht Conference in
Pittsburgh but couldn’t make it, but it would certainly make big waves if he
puts in an appearance here.

“Who
Killed JFK and Why It Matters” author James Douglas, also gave a landmark
Dallas COPA speech [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwECsq459d4] and his book, promoted by Oliver Stone and
RFK, Jr., is the first conspiracy book to resonate with the
common man and not just history buffs

Tony
Summers, author of the definitive “Not In Your Lifetime,” [http://www.anthonysummers.com/portfolio.html],
has moved on to other projects but keeps an eye on whatever new information
comes out about the JFK case and may show up to promote his popular book.

Original
whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers, and inspired
others to do the same is also invited, along with former
Senators Gary Hart and Richard Schweiker, whose Church Committte Subcommitte
investigated some aspects of the JFK assassination and sparked the House Select
Committee on Assassinations. They have both spoken out publicly about the
assassination, denouncing the official investigations as inadequate and compromised.

Former
Cuban G2 chief Fabian Escalante [http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKescalante.htm], who had access to the Cuban files on the
assassination, and wrote a number of books on the subject, participated in the
two conferences between researchers and Cuban intelligence officials may also be there, if the State Department lets him in.

Also invited is Wayne
Smith [ http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKsmithW.htm], the former State Department attaché assigned to the Havana embassy at the
time of the Cuban revolution, personally knew and worked with both David Atlee
Phillips and David Moralles, and organized the two conferences with the Cubans.

If they all accept the invitation to speak, Hollywood will be well represented
with actor Ed Asner, Z – director Costa Gavras [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_(1969_film)], Oliver Stone of JFK fame, his researcher Jane Rusconi and former Minnisotta
Governor, Navy SEAL and wrestler Jesse Ventura and his Mexican bar pal Dick
Russell, author of The Man Who Knew Too Much and On the Trail of the JFK
Asssassins. [ http://www.dickrussell.org/man.htm ].

Also
invited are FOIA attorney Dan Alcorn, researcher Brenda Brody, Pamela Brown, who
has done extensive research into the history of the limo, Walt Brown, author of
a number of JFK books and the mammoth JFK Chronology, along with Barry Ernest, author of “The
Girl On The Stairs” [http://www.amazon.com/The-Girl-Stairs-Missing-Assassination/dp/1460979370
], and Sherry Feister – professional forensic crime scene investigator whose
blood splatter analysis precludes the fatal head shot from originating from the
TSBD [http://www.sherryfiester.com/].

Longtime
researcher Larry Happenen, who adds a clear head to the proceedings, Gail Nix
Jackson, grand -daughter and author of “Orvil Nix: The Missing JFK Assassination Film,”
David Kaiser, former Naval War College professor and author of “The Road To Dallas,” HSCA
attorney Ed Lopez, Dr. Grover Proctor, former University Dean who is best known
for his investigation of the phone call Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly made from
the Dallas jail to Raleigh, North Carolina, should all be there.

Also
invited are Nina Rhodes-Hughes, witness to RFK assassination and Ben Rogers, W.R.
Poage Legislative Library Director at Baylor University Dallas Baylor University || Poage Library, where many of the assassination records of chief researchers are ending up.

Hopefully
both conferences will be different, and not just present the same old, stale
information, and be live streamed over the internet, filmed, recorded and
archived on line so people can view the presentations at their convenience, as
I suspect these conferences and this anniversary will have a more important
impact on the legal status of the case and significant ramifications on the disposition
of the remaining sealed government records on the assassination.